The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1887-07-16
OUR srnotLrR Al wE1ssroRr.
Interesting Items PICKED Up and Assortedbv
tho Stroller.


Miss Mary J. Laury is soiourning with
Mrs Frank Clauss at Great Bend, Pa.
A twelve-year-old son of Monroe Berg
or died recently from drinking ice water.
Misses Emma and Ella Snyder, Allen
town ladies, are visiting Mrs. w Fl. Os-
wald.
George Rapp, our popular droger, was
on business trip TO BuiIalo, N. Y, this
week.
Ed solt the young man who was bit
ten in the hand by cepperhead snake
some tune ago is rapidly convslesclng
--Weissport VIII be represented at the
Prohibition County Convention which con
yenes at Mauch Chunk on the 10th inst.
Pay your taxes before the expiration
of sixty days and you will save FIVE per cent.
on the total amount. Bernard Vogt col
lector.
"A grand raiile for solid gold watch
and box of cigars win come off at the
Logan House, this Saturday evening, July
IS. Be on hand.
tween Weissport and Glen Onoko has been
reduced-tickets for the round trip, thirty
cents, one way twenty cents.
Solomon Yeakel, Joseph Rex, Squire
Boyer and P. j. Kstler visited the battle
field Of Gettysburg recently and report be-
ing highly edited with the trip.
The one-legged and one7arned men of
this place and Lehlghton will play a game
game Of base ball on the old fair grounds
In the latter place sometime soon.
BY the breaking of an axle on coal
car on the L. & S. road recently, fifteen
cars were thrown down the embankment
near the Panyyille bridge. Navigation on
the canal was stopped for some time. No
one hurt.
"A base ball club composed of first-olass
material and to be dnown as the "Orent-
ais" was organized here this week. Games
will be played with the best clubs in the
county and we stake our pile that the
"boys" won't be left.
--One of our popular shoemakors and a
apiece by the thimble rigging game as
played by the gamblers last Saturday. They
both swear that they won't do il some
more, but time will tell--yes, time will tell.
AT the regular meeting of the school
directors held Monday evening Prof. j. f.
Snyder was elected principal of our public
schools and Miss Laura Yundt teacher Of
the primary department. Important i'm
proYoments are being made in and around
the school building
"A n!istake-The article appearing un-
der the head of ''Weissport Stroller, stating
that three physicians were regularly at
tending me, is a mistake; Dr. Andrews has
very satisfactorily treated me throughout
the whole of my sickness, assisted by DR..
German. EDWARD SoLT.
&C. Z. Bartholomew, of Lehighton, a
Reformed theological student, delivered an
interesting discourse to large audience in
the Lutheran and Reformed chuic ch in this
place last Sunday evening. Our young
friend has the making of an eminent divine
and we trust to hear great things of him in
| the future.
We are pleased to note that our Dor
ough council has taken the advice of The
CARBON ADVOCATE and laid substantial
plank walk from the LehiGh bridge to The
Yeakel property. The action of the Dor
ough council is highly commended by ou
taxpayers and concIusively proves that the!
are awake to the interests of our town anC
the people generally. Let the good worl
proceed.